So yeah, whilst I continue knitting small things for the crochet/knitΒ garden of that ridiculous project, shall we go for a wander around outside? Yes it's possible to knit and walk. Trust me, I've done far more embarrassing things in public than knit. I realize that not everyone is this shameless, though: I was knitting in the pub with friends the other night -Β the rival knitting group wasn't there, so all was peaceful -Β and one of my friends said she just couldn't quite bring herself to knit Continue Reading
House!
T'was a beautiful clear night last night. The sort of night where you amble along in the peaceful blackness gazing up at the starry heavens... and then walk slap bang into a wall. Who put that stupid wall there, anyway? It's a ridiculous place for a wall. Only an idiot would build a wall right there. Given the rate at which they're building too many new houses in this village, you do have to watch out for sneaky new walls when you're out and about. Anyway, back to last night. I was on my way Continue Reading
To The Pub
Evening all. Come sit awhile. You're very welcome here... unless you have cheese: I have a weird phobia of cheese. Please, people, take your cheese away. No, take it further away than that. We've been staying home and shivering quite a bit, the Toddler Twinnage and I, and comforting ourselves with easy bakes such as these apple and sultana muffins (recipe here). Would you like one? And by mid-afternoon it's so chilly that I go to the safe, deep in the oldest part of our brewery Continue Reading